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7 minutes ago, pocster said:

Funnily enough exactly what I said Thursday evening. Admin snooze / drunk on the weekend as usual .

 

That's because we're keeping it clean with mild inuendo rather than resorting to your usual, crass, in your face, blatant filth! ?

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5 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

That's because we're keeping it clean with mild inuendo rather than resorting to your usual, crass, in your face, blatant filth! ?

Yes . Still think you’ll be band by Monday . ?

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The other pillar:

 

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This side will be in shadow ?:

 

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A very careful application of silicone eater might tidy the bricks up a bit. Should have masked up first I guess! 

 

I'll admit to resorting to a surgical glove dipped in a water / washing up liquid mix to finish things off!

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A smidge of aluminium anti seize on the M4 screws:

 

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A horse shoe of silicone grease:

 

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Nut 'em up:

 

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A good hard rub round the rim with a moist toilet tissue to get rid of the excess lube...and roughly what it'll look like finished.

 

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Still awaiting someone coming back who's hopefully laser cutting me some Celtic cross washers to go under the stainless dome nuts!

 

 

 

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35 minutes ago, Onoff said:

A smidge of aluminium anti seize on the M4 screws:

 

1624994150854-717045545.thumb.jpg.4a346189916e8829969af820186c6fc4.jpg

 

A horse shoe of silicone grease:

 

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Nut 'em up:

 

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A good hard rub round the rim with a moist toilet tissue to get rid of the excess lube...and roughly what it'll look like finished.

 

16249961571711750813712.thumb.jpg.98676d73bba58b944670605e18629433.jpg

 

Still awaiting someone coming back who's hopefully laser cutting me some Celtic cross washers to go under the stainless dome nuts!

 

 

 

I’d be careful round the rim you might get chaffing 

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17 minutes ago, pocster said:

I’d be careful round the rim you might get chaffing 

 

I make a point of taking any rough edges off with a needle file/emery cloth.

 

Nothing worse than sticking you finger in a hole and pulling it out covered in blood.

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3 minutes ago, Onoff said:

 

I make a point of taking any rough edges off with a needle file/emery cloth.

 

Nothing worse than sticking you finger in a hole and pulling it out covered in blood.

Yes be careful! . I’ve fingered a few rough holes before and have cut myself quite badly ?

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Just now, CC45 said:

unlike @pocster I'm def talking about the pillars!  I've virtually built a house in the same time.  Its turning into another bathroom project really..

 

The unfortunate thing with these steels is they were never galvanised originally. I'm a bit concerned about internal rust over time. As much as anything it, the rust, might drip out of the open bottom.

 

Planning to squirt something up inside like Waxoyl or more likely ACF50.

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Cap stones can go on next! 

 

...after I've given the bits of steel box I can reach inside the pillars a coat of car body underseal. I hopefully won't be getting to them again.

 

That is until the Tesco, Amazon, DPD etc van driver, destroys the pillar(s) one day! ?

 

I still need to figure what I can paint onto these relatively freshly cast cap stones. I thought something breathable but a painter at work reckons I should apply a proprietary sealer then a masonry paint? 

 

I want them to end up painted black.

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10 hours ago, CC45 said:

Its turning into another bathroom project really.

 

No it won't...hopefully!

 

I won't be posting up for instance where all the power, access control, camera stuff is being run specifically.

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